“A new law in Indiana authorizes the general public to use deadly force against public servants (including law enforcement officers) who unlawfully enter private property.”
Oh good. Do you consult your live-in Lawyer before capping someone? Or just start blasting away? Never mind, I think I know the answer. The let’s-off-the-pigs crowd will love this...just think how many more bodies can pile up now. Cripes.
This is great. Maybe now the cops will start thinking before they kick doors in. Heck, maybe a few of them will discover these new fangled thingies called MapQuest or Google Earth.
Anything that holds cops personally responsible when they act unlawfully is fine by me. I’m sick of the taxpayers taking in the neck when cops get out of line. Those settlements come out of tax money, never from the cops pockets.
Well now that their lives are on the line maybe, just maybe, they’ll start doing a fraction of the due diligence required by those of us out here in the private sector.
“The let’s-off-the-pigs crowd will love this...just think how many more bodies can pile up now. Cripes.”
It actually sounds like police are allowed to shoot more readily, allegedly thinking citizens are shooting at them.
The cops-can-do-no-wrong crowd will love this. Just think how many more citizen/dog shootings there will be. Cripes.
If someone dressed as a cop comes into your house without a signed warrant then they are up to no good. They are breaking the law. They mean you harm - after all, they have already broken your property rights.
How would you go about defending yourself from a home invasion by armed intruders in costume? Blazing away with a room-broom sounds like a good first step.
Remember: Anders Breivik dressed as a cop. Assume nothing about those strange people in your home.
Probably fewer as cops realize they need to get their addresses correct, use tactical common sense (server the warrant when nobody is home) and otherwise reduce the usage of para-military tactics.
Have you ALWAYS been a “Law-Enforcment” BOOT-Licker? COPS are NOT and NEVER will be your “friends”!
Well, this is one way to hold lazy/incompetent/evil home-invading cops VERY personally responsible. I’m all for it.
Hard-working, diligent, competent, honorable police don’t have a thing to fear.
But I’m curious: what do *you* think the consequences should be for a “wrong” police invasion of an innocent person’s home? Anything at all?
I agree, it’s a stupid law. There’s no way a person can tell if the officer at the door is acting lawfully or not until after the fact. And police work is dangerous enough. Best to just go along and keep your mouth shut until it’s clear what’s going on.
Do you consult your live-in Lawyer before capping someone?
***There is a problem with that, because the entry will be deemed unlawful after the event by some monday morning quarterbacks. At least this law addresses the fact that the court previously deemed that citizens did not even have such a right.
My question is... if the cops enter the wrong house is it an unlawful entry?
If they find something illegal in the house even with an improper entry, are they allowed to prosecute the owner? If they’re going in hard for a drug dealer but find instead a kidnapper, is the case blown?
Did you miss the part that said “unlawfully enter private property?”
Would your response be to grovel on the floor and thank them for unlawfully entering your private property?
Perhaps you would find someplace like Cuba or North Korea more in tune to your liking.